Metro Plaza formerly known as Chi Liung Plaza, it was one of the common and favorite places for teenagers to hangout in the late 80’s and early 90’s. The mezzanine floor was bustling with arcade gaming and once even had a small funpark. It also used to house a bowling alley and a roller-skating rink.
It’s having at least 267 feet height the highest building in Klang town centre. The building had recently major facade uplift and renovation works are in progress for now it once again became a landmark of Klang where the Inland Revenue Board new office CIMB Bank has stationed.
Chi Liung Plaza was a busy place, upstairs the video game machine and snookers outlets and also a bowling centre (Star Bowl), then ground floor the Singapore UOB Bank. Everyday, lots of people there, even motorbikes also don’t have enough space to park.
There are a lot of stories around about it actually. It seems the owner of Plaza Metro is also the owner of the Taman Chi Liung Theatre (now known as Grace Assembly), J’s supermarket (closed down), Chi Liung stadium (Chi Liung Field). This same owner also owns a few lots of land.
The taukeh is said had hung himself in the house which is located just opposite the swimming school (along Port Klang highway). The house itself looks scary, with trees grown all over, barely could even see the house. Locals whom used to enter his house yard as a short cut to the highway said that after 7pm, they could see someone looking out from the house. Words spread out, and no one would use that short cut after dusk. It’s now closed down and no one is allowed to enter.
What we heard from the locals, all this is related to each other, and so are the haunted higher floors in Plaza Metro. Story of a murder case, a couple got murdered when they were to watch movie there, father and (son or daughter, not so remembered) jumped off from that building. The next day, all the Chinese papers made the main headlines (front page).
Opposite the building, were the Kamdar, Mutiara Hotel and EPF office situated. It was a huge playground and some food stalls in the middle of the park. Then some of the food stalls were relocated (to the one behind Maybank Jalan Kepayang now) when they destroyed the playground for development.
The traffic situation in Klang has worsened in recent weeks due to on-going construction work of a flyover to connect Jambatan Kota from the existing flyover above Persiaran Sultan Ibrahim.
The worse situation is traffic congestion during pick hour when motorists on their run getting to work. The congestion starts from Southern Park along Persiaran Tengku Ampuan Rahimah for vehicles heading from Banting and near the Simpang Lima roundabout for those coming from Port Klang.
State Public Works Department was gave SPAZ Sdn Bhd for the construction project that cost of RM32.3mil by started in August 2007 and will be completed in December 2009 The project has been delayed and will be completed on September 2010 with additional allocation RM11mil.
the traffic is being diverted and the reason of delayed because the high cost and safety reasons.
Me…above highest building in Klang town centre recording the traffic congestion.
